Keep Praying
Like most combat vets, I carry some ghosts around with me. They have visited and revisited me over the years. By now, most of them have found a place to settle—for good, I hope. Yet, every once in a while, one of them decides that…
The Attitude of Gratitude
“Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul.” Henry Ward Beecher (abolitionist and 19th century Christian minister) by Tom Reilly Practicing gratitude is like winning the trifecta. It improves physical and mental well-being, nourishes relationships, and plows fertile ground for spiritual renewal….
Memorial Day Poems
Canadian physician and artillery officer, Lt. Col. John McCrae, wrote one of the most famous war poems ever penned—In Flanders Fields. In May of 1915, he composed the first draft during the Second Battle of Ypres on the Western Front in Belgium. He was second…
